George William Gray Quote

Our knowledge of nature is limited by our ability to apprehend the materials and the forces which meet us — both those of the Earth, which we encounter in their hurrying to and fro, and those of the Universe outside, which beat upon us from the stars and the darkness beyond the stars.


The Advancing Front of Science, Chapter I, Section 5 (pp. 20-21), Whittlesey House. 1937


Our knowledge of nature is limited by our ability to apprehend the materials and the forces which meet us — both those of the Earth, which we...

Our knowledge of nature is limited by our ability to apprehend the materials and the forces which meet us — both those of the Earth, which we...

Our knowledge of nature is limited by our ability to apprehend the materials and the forces which meet us — both those of the Earth, which we...

Our knowledge of nature is limited by our ability to apprehend the materials and the forces which meet us — both those of the Earth, which we...